Pumpkin Daily Delights: Saturday’s Festival Highlights
Here are Pumpkin Festival highlights for Saturday, September 27. See the Pumpkin Tab or the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Facebook page for additional information.
8:30 am PUMPKIN FESTIVAL 5K RUN/WALK & KIDS RUN — Registration at the Watt Center until 8:15
9:00 am TRACTOR CRUISE — Line up begins at 8 am at TJ Jefferis’ field on Rt 147 near Tacoma
9:30 am-10:00 pm PUMPKIN WAGON — Concession Area, Sponsored by the Barnesville Area Chamber of Commerce with “Celebrity Servers”
10:00 am-12:00 pm BARNESVILLE STATE THEATER TOURS — 137 W Main Street
10:00 am-5:00 pm VICTORIAN MANSION MUSEUM TOURS — 532 N Chestnut Street, $5 Admission Fee
10:00 am-5:00 pm VICTORIAN MANSION MUSEUM YARD SALE — 532 N Chestnut Street
10:30 am PET SHOW — Pumpkin Stage
11:00 am-2:00 pm BARNESVILLE FIRE & EMS CHICKEN BBQ — Barnesville Fire Department, 125 E Church Street, $12
11:00 am-3:00 pm ASSUMPTION CWC LUNCHEON — Church Basement, 306 W Main Street
11:00 am-5:00 pm WATT CENTER BOOK SALE — 511 Watt Avenue
11:00 am-8:30 pm SHEKINAH CHURCH AND MARTHA’S FOOD TRUCK — 145 W Main Street, Proceeds go to Abba’s Heart Ministries International
12:45 pm GIANT PUMPKIN PARADE — Begins from Barnesville High School parking lot, west on Main St, north on Chestnut St, to Euclid Ave
3:00 pm KIDDIE TRACTOR PULL — Parking lot near the Pumpkin Stage
4:00 pm TALL TALES CONTEST — Pumpkin Stage
4:30 pm BEARD & MUSTACHE CONTEST — Pumpkin Stage
4:30 pm ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARADE WINNERS — From Information Booth
5:00 pm KING PUMPKIN AUCTION — King Pumpkin area near the Information Booth
5:00 pm HANDMADE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL QUILT AUCTION — King Pumpkin area, Donated by Tracey Childress
5:00 pm HOG CALLING CONTEST — Pumpkin Stage
5:30 pm TOBACCO SPITTING CONTEST — Pumpkin Stage
7:00-8:30 pm “DEEP DOWN COUNTRY” — Pumpkin Stage
9:00-11:00 pm “THE SHUMAN BAND” — Pumpkin Stage
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